Australian electorate
| Ballarat West Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Location in Victoria, 1859 | |
| State | Victoria |
| Dates current | 1859–1927, 1992–2014 |
| Electors | 43,964 (2010) |
| Area | 135 km (52.1 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Urbanised Rural |
The Electoral district of Ballarat West (initially spelt Ballaarat West) was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It existed from 1859 to 1927 and from 1992 to 2014.
The original seat was created for the second election to the Legislative Assembly in 1859. In 1927, it was merged with Ballaarat East to form a single Ballaarat electorate.
Its second implementation occurred in 1992, when it replaced Ballarat North. Unlike Ballarat East, which had a rural character, Ballarat West was mostly urban, and included much of Ballarat proper and its southern and western suburbs.
The seat was replaced by Wendouree in 2014.
Members for Ballarat West
Three members from 1877 to 1889.
| First incarnation (1859–1927) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member 1 | Party | Term | Member 2 | Party | Term | ||||||
| John Bailey | Unaligned | 1859–1861 | Robert Serjeant | Unaligned | 1859–1861 | ||||||
| Duncan Gillies | Unaligned | 1861–1868 | William Collard Smith | Unaligned | 1861–1864 | ||||||
| Robert Lewis | Unaligned | 1864 | |||||||||
| William Vale | Unaligned | 1864–65, 1865–69 | |||||||||
| Charles Jones | Unaligned | 1868–69, 1869, 1869–71 | John James | Unaligned | 1869–1870 | ||||||
| Sir Archibald Michie | Unaligned | 1870–1871 | |||||||||
| Joseph Jones | Unaligned | 1871–1875 | William Collard Smith | Unaligned | 1871–1892 | ||||||
| George Fincham | Unaligned | 1875–1886 | Member 3 | Party | Term | ||||||
| Henry Bell | Unaligned | 1877–1886 | |||||||||
| Charles Jones | Unaligned | 1886–1889 | |||||||||
| Richard Vale | Unaligned | 1886–1889 | |||||||||
| Joseph Kirton | Unaligned | 1889–1894 | |||||||||
| William Collard Smith | Unaligned | 1894 | Richard Vale | Unaligned | 1892– | ||||||
| Joseph Kirton | Unaligned | 1894–1904 | " " | " | –1902 | ||||||
| Charles Shoppee | Ministerialist | 1902–1904 | |||||||||
| Harry Bennett | Labour | 1904–1907 | |||||||||
| Joseph Kirton | Unaligned | 1907–1908 | |||||||||
| Andrew McKissock | Labour | 1908–1911 | |||||||||
| Matthew Baird | Commonwealth Liberal | 1911–1917 | |||||||||
| Economy | 1917–1918 | ||||||||||
| Nationalist | 1918–1927 | ||||||||||
| Second incarnation (1992–2014) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Paul Jenkins | Liberal | 1992–1999 | |
| Karen Overington | Labor | 1999–2010 | |
| Sharon Knight | Labor | 2010–2014 | |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ballarat West| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Craig Coltman | 17,230 | 43.60 | +5.66 | |
| Labor | Sharon Knight | 16,446 | 41.62 | −5.49 | |
| Greens | Leon Dwyer | 3,876 | 9.81 | −0.08 | |
| Family First | Dale Butterfield | 1,284 | 3.25 | −1.78 | |
| Country Alliance | Carl Wesley | 681 | 1.72 | +1.72 | |
| Total formal votes | 39,517 | 95.78 | −0.56 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,740 | 4.22 | +0.56 | ||
| Turnout | 41,257 | 93.84 | +1.55 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Sharon Knight | 20,175 | 51.05 | −5.55 | |
| Liberal | Craig Coltman | 19,342 | 48.95 | +5.55 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −5.55 | |||
See also
- Parliaments of the Australian states and territories
- List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
References
- "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof" (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1858. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- "The New Victorian Legislative Assembly". South Australian Register. 19 May 1877. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- "The New Victorian Legislative Assembly". Western Mail. Trove. 20 April 1889. Retrieved 29 August 2013.